Stranger Things season 2: What is the Mind Flayer? What is a hive mind?

What is the Mind Flayer? Like all good sequels, Stranger Things 2 pulls back to reveal a new, more dangerous villain – the Mind Flayer.
Creators and film buffs Matt and Ross Duffer explained: “What we talked about was how in season one we always saw the Demogorgon as a shark like in Jaws.
“But that's just an animal attacking out on instinct, so what would something from this other world be that was actually sentient?”
If the Demogorgon was a mutant shark, the Mind Flayer would be the scientists that created it.
The Duffers have described the shadow monster as a Voldemort-style existential... read more

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